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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Governance of the plan

Article R144-5

…the date of receipt by the Board of Directors, under the conditions provided for in article R. 141-5, of a proposed resolution from members and the date of the vote on this resolution by the General…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Restrictive competition practices

Article L442-5

…uct in its unaltered state at a price lower than its actual purchase price is liable to a fine of €75,000. This fine may be increased to half the advertising costs if an advertisement, regardless of t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General provisions

Article L613-50

…compulsory liquidation under Book VI of the Commercial Code; 2° The persons mentioned in Article L. 511-13 or 4 of Article L. 532-2, the board of directors, the supervisory board or any other body exe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1542-5

…ia, with the exception of articles L. 1231-1 A, L. 1233-3, L. 1233-4, L. 1234-3-1, L. 1234-4, L. 1235-1, with the exception of the last paragraph, L. 1235-5 and L. 1235-7 and subject to the adaptation…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Professional obligations

Article R422-54

…royalties : this account shall indicate any sums previously received by way of retainer or payment; 5° Hand over to the client who has dismissed him, or to the latter's new agent, all documents of an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: General conditions of application of the Code in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article L711-5

…surance Code are replaced by references to provisions having the same purpose and in force locally; 5° References to the provisions of the Environment Code, the Building and Housing Code and the Rural…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conclusion of the contract.

Article L6222-5

…nclusion of the contract ; 4° L. 6222-11 and L. 6222-12, relating to the duration of the contract ; 5° L. 6222-16, relating to apprenticeship contracts followed by open-ended employment contracts; 6°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Authorisation procedure

Article R1322-5

…possible to assess the purity of the water from the resource used and its stability; 4° (Repealed) 5° The opinion of the approved public health hydrogeologist, specially appointed by the Director Gen…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Natural gas distribution

Article D2224-51

The procedures for applying the provisions of Article D. 2224-50 are specified by order of the Minister responsible for energy; they may be adapted according to the number of customers served by the n…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R4311-55

…responsible for the public sector. Subject to the provisions of article L. 4124-6 and article L. 145-5-3 of the Social Security Code, only nurses who have been registered on the roll for at least thr…

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